Wood-working machine



(No Model.) H. M. ALBEE.

WOOD WORKING MACHINE. 4 N0. 354 Patented Dad. 28,1886.

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- I NTTE STATES HONESTUS MORTON ALBEE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WOOD-WORKING'MACHINE.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,997, datedDecember 28, 1886.

' Application filed July 8, 1886. Serial No. 207,405. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoNEsTUs MORTON AL- BEE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWood-Working Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference nature of the service may require.

marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

The object of this invention is to facilitate the grooving, channeling,or sinking of panels in the surfaces of various kinds of woodworksuch,for example, as stairstringers, door and other panels, ceilings orwainscotin g, and the likeand especially tofacilitate the execution ofsuch work in parallel planes or in angles, or in regular orirregularcurves or shapes, and with or without forms or patterns, which work has,as a rule, been heretofore done by hand.

In the accompanyingdrawings,in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 representsin elevation an ordinary jointed frame hung upon a post or to the sideof a building so as to be capable of a universal horizontal movement,and having my improvements in part attached thereto. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detached view of the same, showing more fully and clearly saidimprovements, which are arranged in connection with a piece of wood foroperation, and Fig. 3 is a detail view indicating toa limited extent thenature and character of the work designed to be executed by means of myimprovements. Fig. 4 is a sec tional View illustrating a slightmodification, and Fig. 5 is an inverted plan of the cutter preferred.

In said drawings, A, B, and 0 represent, respectively, the frame anddriving-shaft of the machine, which, being constructed and arranged inthe ordinary manner,need no further description. 1

In carrying out myinvention aholeis drilled in the lower end of theshaft 0, in which is inserted a cutter, D, Fig. 2, of such form as theThere is a the collar 0, adapted to gage or limit the depth of the cut,groove, or channel, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 2.

In view of the illustrations in thedrawings the operation of the machineneeds scarcely to be explained further than to state that when cutting agroove parallel with the edge of a board or plank the guide or gage Gmust be set at the required distance from the cutter, and thepresser-foot be set so as to limit the depth of the cut. The movement ofthe machine in cutting is controlled by the operator by grasping thehandle H with one hand,and, if necessary to deviate the course of thecutter from a straight line, by grasping the gage G also with theother,and moving the same to the right or left in a horizontal plane, aswill be understood by reference to Fig. 2. groove is to be made notparallel with an edge and beyond the scope of the gage G, said gage maybe detached or removed, and the course of the cutter be controlled orguided by the operator by means of a patternor drawing,as will bereadily understood.

Under certain circumstances the gage a may be removed,and a collar, I,may then serve as a stop tolimit the depth of cut.

The gage G is preferably provided witha roller, G, to engage the edge ofthe board being worked upon or the pattern,to avoid friction and secureincreased freedom of movement.

The cutter employed may be of any suitable construction, the one shownin plan in Fig. 5 being the one preferred.

Having-thus described the invention, what I claim as new is l. Thecombination,with the horizontallymovable frame,of a driving-shaft, O,cutter D, collar, as I, mounted'upon said shaft and a vertically-adjustable gage forlimitin g the depth When a.

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of cut, said parts being arranged with relation to one anothersubstantially as set forth.

2. In awood-working machine,the combination, with the shaft 0, of acutter, D, adapted. to be adjusted in a socket in the end of said shaft,and a gage, G, adapted to be moved in a horizontal plane, whereby thetrack or course of the cutter may be deviated or turned from a straightline, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the horizontallymovable frame or bracket havinga drivingshaft, 0, of a cutter, D, presser-foot a, and guide or gage G,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a horizontallymovable bracket or frame and adriving-shaft,

of a cutter, as D, a presser-foot, as, a, a guide or gage, as G, and asupporting arm or carrier for HONESTUS MORTON ALBEE. Witnesses:

OHARLEs H. PELL, OSCAR A. MICHEL.

